swift fox

noun

: a small fox (Vulpes velox) with large ears that occurs on the plains of western North America

Examples of swift fox in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Fall brings contrasting golden prairie grasses, while bighorn sheep and swift foxes make surprise appearances year-round. —

Outside Online, 8 Aug. 2024 Smeeton is recognized for founding the first captive-breeding colony of swift fox intended solely for reintroduction and initiated swift fox reintroduction programs in Canada and the United States. —

Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Oct. 2022 One of her brothers was named Swifty, which is meant to represent the swift fox and was picked in an e-newsletter poll by members of the National Zoo. —

Washington Post, 28 July 2021 Their carcasses support swift fox, golden eagles, grizzly bears, wolves, all the way down to beetles and nematodes. —

Louise Johns, Wired, 12 June 2021

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